Fabric-trimming machine.



G. L. BOURQUIN & R. LOEB.

FABRIC TRIMMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-23,1910. RENEWED MAY 14, 1915.

Patented June 22, 1915.

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FABRIC TRIMMING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-23, 1910. RENEWED MAY 14,1915.

Patented June 22, 1915.

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GUSTAVE LOUIS IBOURQUIN, PERKASIE, PENNSYLVANIA, AND RUDOLF LOEB, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO SAID LOEB.

FABRIC-TRIMMING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application fi led liu gust23, 1910, Serial No. 578,545. Renewed May 14, 1915. Serial No. 28,203.

To all whom it may concern.

u n and RUDoLr LOEB, citizens of the United States, and residents of Perkasie, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and Camden, Camden county, New Jersey, respectively, have invented certain Improvements in Fabric-Trimming Machines, of which the. following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical means for cutting or trimming embroidery edging; the machine forming the subject of our invention being particularly adapted for cutting or separating that form of embroidery known as Hamburg edging from strips or sections of material containing a number of edgings as such form of. embroidery is usually made. As is well known, such embroidery comprises a :series of curved scallops forming edges of varied contour and produced by means of button hole or other stitching in the body of 'a sheet or strip of material, which stitching has the effect of providing a raised surface consisting of a number of curved projections whose general direction is a straight line,.which projections are substantially hard or firm and are of an ornamental character. As noted, this form of embroidery is manufactured in the form of a strip or sheet of material containing a plurality of embroidered lines which subsequently form the edgings of commerce, and when such edgings are used as trimming for garments or for other purposes, it is necessary to separate the embroidered edge from the material beyond such edge forming the support for the next embroidered edge, and the object of our invention is to provide mechanically operated means for accomplishing this work.

A further object of our invention is to-facilitate the work of the cutting blade and to insure a perfect trimming action without danger of damaging the goods operated upon, and a still further object is to provide for the automatic feeding of the trimmed fabric simultaneously with the cutting operation.

These and other features of our invention will bemore fully pointed out hereinafter,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which:

. Figure 1, is a plan view of apparatus embodying our invention capable of cutting or trimming embroidery such as Hamburg edging; Fig. 2, is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 3, is an end elevation of our improved machine; F ig. i, is a sectional view on the line aa;, Fig. 1; Fig. 5, is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 1, illustrating in part the fabric feeding device forming part of our invention; Fig. 6, is a perspective view of another part of the fabric feeding device; Fig. 7, is an end elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 8, is a. sectional View on the line b b, Fig. 6, and Fig. 9, is a View of one of the fabric holding and feeding clamps, and Figs. 10, 11, 12 and 13, are views illustrating details of our invention.

In a companion application, filed November 18, 1909, Serial No. 528,725, the cutting means, comprising a horizontally disposed reciprocating knife adapted to cut or shear the material containing the embroidered or stitched edges directly adjacent one of said embroidered. or stitched edges while such material is moving in a substantially horizontal plane. is described and claimed, and inasmuch as our present improvements relate to and include a machine organized in substantially the same way for accomplishing substantially the same work or operation, such structure and its operation will be referred to herein. The knife is carried by suitable means mounted so as to be reciprocable and said knife is arranged to work diagonally with respect to the line of movement of the material to be trimmed, being so disposed as to cut on the upper side of the fabric directly adjacent one of the embroidered or stitched edges of the same and completely remove the stripof embroidery from the rest of the fabric without leaving an unsightly raw edge and without damaging in any way said embroidered or stitched edge; the fabric while being out being so disposed that the knife operates below the embroidered edge.

desired, the material may be fed from other forms of supply, a roll, for instance. I The cutting or shearing of the embroidered edge from the rest of the fabric takes place on the table 3.

r In the present embodiment of our invention, a machine capable of trimming a single edging is shown, but it will be understood that a plurality of cutting mechanisms with the necessary operating meansmay be provided for operation upon a plurality of edgings.

Slidably mounted in ways 5 formed in a suitable bracket 6, which may be carried by the bed plate 2, is a combined guide and guard 7 for a cutting blade 8. This cutting blade is in the form of a very thin strip of metal, which may be wound upon a hub 10 carried by a spindle l1 journaled in a suitable support 12 carried by said guide 7, the carrying means for said knife may have a fixed relation with respect to the guide. The guard and guide carrying the cutting blade may be arranged to be reciprocated in ways 5 in said bracket 6; motion for this purpose being imparted by an arm 15 connected to an eccentric 16 driven by a shaft 17 suitably journaled on the bed plate 2 and driven by a belt 18 and pulley 19; the belt extending from a pulley (not shown) mounted on the frame of the machine and suitably driven. The arm 15 may be secured to the rear end of the guard or guide 7 before referred to, and the eccentric may have a strap with a rounded surface to engage a hub with a similar surface; such elements providing substantially a ball and socket joint whereby the straight shaft 17 may impart angular movement to the guide 7 disposed diagonally with respect thereto.

At the same time that reciprocating motion is imparted to the guard or guide 7 the knife or blade 8 is fed gradually forward so that its active cutting edge is being constantly renewed to insure positive and effective trimming of the embroidery edging in a proper manner.

The driving means may consist of a shaft 20, with universal couplings 21 connecting it to a shaft 22 having a gear wheel 23 which in turn is driven by a pinion 24 mounted so as to receive movement from a countershaft 25 through the medium of a gear wheel 26 and pinion 27. The main driving shaft 28 may be vertically disposed and carry a worm 29 meshing with a worm wheel 29 whereby movement may be imparted to a shaft or spindle 30 journaled on the bed-plate 2 and having a pinion 31 mesh ing with a gear wheel 32 mounted on a shaft.

or spindle 33 having a pinion 34 meshing with a gear wheel 35 on said shaft 25.v The movementof the shaft 25 is so proportioned that the feed of the knife is very gradual, and such movement is transmitted to the knife by means of pinions 36, 37, 38 and 39, driving a pair of rollers 10 and 41 between and by which the knife blade is fed. The knife blade is rolled under tension that tends to confine the same to its hub, and it is drawn ofi by the friction rolls40 and ll against the force of such tension. I

The fabric is delivered across the table 3, and is fed, by suitable means. hereinafter de scribed, under tension and at the proper angle, and the knife blade 8 as it is vreciprocated by the guide or guard 7 acts in a horizontal direction directly against the fabric adjacent the embroidered or stitched edge of the same, such blade acting upon the upper side of the fabric and co-a'cting with the beveled edge of a plate 45 mounted on the table 3; such beveled edge being in absolute parallelism with the edge of the cutting blade. This plate &5 whichmay be adjustably mounted and may have its position regulated through the medium of suitable screws; the table being slotted, for the purpose (as shown in the pending application of Rudolf Loeb, filed December 18, 1909, Serial No. 533,780,) forms an anvil or shear plate with which the "blade 8 may coact.

A materially advantageous result may be attained by having the beveled edge of the anvil or shear plateunder suflicient tension to cause it to substantially engagethe knife or cutting blade before any work is introduced, a condition which insures proper coaction of the blade when thegoods are introduced. By this means an automatic or self-regulation of the 'coacting cutting means, the cutting blade and shear plate, can be effected, and any kind of goods, whether thick or thin, can be accommodated and successfully operated upon. At the same time the yielding edge of the shear plate will conform to the cutting blade and take up any irregularity that may occur therein. The active edge of the cutting blade and the edge of the shear plate are preferably disposed in absolute parallelism.

During reciprocation of the guide or guard 7 in which the'knife blade 8 is mount-V ed, any tendency of the same to rise from the table 3 and from proper contact with the fabric during the cuttingoperation will be restrained by a suitable stop member. In the present instance-such member may consist of a roller 7 carriedby a bracket 8? suitably mounted with respect to the rest of the mechanism. ,To this-end, therefore, we may employ a form of shear plate substan- I iners tially like that described and claimedin the application of Rudolf Loeb, beforereferred to. In the present arrangement the edge of this may be vertically adjusted and secured in such adjustment by a bolt 40* and a lock nut 41 The cutting action is substantially the same as described in our prior application before referred to, and as the embroidered edge of the fabric to be trimmed is sufficiently stout or heavy, the knife will shear close up tothe same, cutting in a substantially horizontal plane; the fabric directly at the point of severance adjacent the embroidered edge tending to assume a substantially vertical position and the knife operating below the raised embroidered edge.

In practice the edge of the cutting anvil is preferably maintained a slight distance away from the edge of the cutting blade, say two or three one-thousandths of an inch; suflicient, however, .to prevent contact and hence dulling of the blade, and suitable means may be employed to accomplish this result.

As the work progresses the main body of the fabric containing the embroidered edges to be out, with the cut or trimmed edge, passes between the rollers MP and 17*, into a suitable receptacle. Tension maybe provided for the roller 46, in the shape of a weighted roller 47 and a friction roller t8 adjacent thereto; the friction roller being mounted on a driven shaft 49 and imparting movement to the roller 47 which in turn is imparted to the roller 16*. The roller 48 may be driven from the shaft 25 by means of the pinions 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 58, as clearly indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, of the drawings. The knife lies between the walls of the guard or guide 7 with its edge preferably in absolute parallelism therewith and with the plate or anvil 45; the guard being cut away at 60 at the point where the knife acts.

The means for feeding the fabric simultaneously with the cutting of the same are substantially as follows: The shaft 17 through the medium of gears 61 and 62 imparts motion to a shaft 63, which may be mounted in bearings 64 carried by the bed plate 2, and said shaft 63 may carry eccentrics 65 and 66, which may have connecting rods 67 and 68 attached thereto. The'eccentrio 65, through the medium of the connecting rod 67' and a lever 69 may actuate a shaft 7 0 having arms 71 and 72. The lever 69 may have a slotted head 69 to allow for adjustment of the connecting rod 67 when a change of motion is desired. The eccentric 66, through the connecting rod 68 and a lever 7 3 may actuatea shaft 7l carrying arms which are connected to the arm 72 by means of a connecting rod 77. The eccentrics 65 and 66 are so connectedto the shaft 63 that motion imparted to the arms 72 and 73 may cause the shafts 70 and 74: to reciprocate in opposite directions. The arm 71 may be fixed to the shaft 70 and be actuated thereby, while the lever 72 is loosely mounted on said shaft and may be actuated through the connecting rod 77 by the shaft 74. The arm 72 may have at its upper end an extended portion forming a bearing 78 and guide for a rod 79 connected by a pin 80 to a feeding foot 81.

The supplemental table may have apertures 82 through which the feeding feet 81 project into contact with the material to be fed across the table.

The shaft 17 carries a spiral gear 83 which may mesh with a similar gear 84 mounted on a shaft 85 which may be supported by bearings 86 and 87. The shaft 85 has at its opposite end a spiral gear 88 meshing with a gear 89 on a shaft '90 journaled in bearings formed in the supports for the table 3. The shaft 90 carries a cam 91 arranged to en a e the rod 79 and as the cam revolves the feeding foot 81 may be raised by said rod 79 and brought into contact with the material to be fed. The motion imparted by the eccentrics while the foot is in contact with the material causes it to move back, and as the cam 91 allows the foot to drop away from the material, due to the pressure of a spring 7 9 the eccentric draws the foot into its forward position, at which time it is again raised to the position to feed. The arms 71 and 72 may each carry a feed foot and may be so timed in relation to the movements of the eccentrics and cams that as one foot is feeding the other has dropped and is moving to its forward position.

The supplemental table 3 has mounted upon it the cutting plate or anvil -l5 against which the knife acts. This plate is aper tured at points corresponding to the holes in the table 3 and the feeding feet are pref erably so arranged as to extend through this plate. A bridge 98 may be attached to the table 3 and may support guides 94: holding a rod 95, which may have at one end a presser foot 96, and at the other end a cam roller 97. The presser foot 96 may be of sufficient width to cover a pair of the feeding feet 81 and the aperture in the plate 45. The guide 9% may have its upper end slotted to allow an enlar ed aortion of the rod 95 to enter] and thereby prevent the foot from turning. We may attach to the upper portion of the guide 9 1, by means of a stud 98, a cam 99 arranged to operate upon a cam roller 97 attached to the rod 95. When a handle 100 carrying said cam is thrown down, said cam working on the roller 97 draws up the rod and with it the attached presser foot, compressing a spring 101 held in a chamberedportion of the guide 94; and this spring,acting against a shoulder 102 of the guide and the top of a bushing 103 which may be attached to the rod 95 and form a bearing for the same, tends to bring pressure upon the material and insure its movement.

Carried by the supplemental table 3 are rails 104 arranged so that when the feeding foot 81 is lowered under pressure of the spring 7 9 it may come into contact with these rails and rest in a level position before being raised again. A downwardly extending portion 105 of the table 3 carries a guard plate 106; the lower end of which may be attached to the bed plate 2. The bed plate 2 may carry beneath the same the box-like structure 4 designed to hold the material to be out, and such bed plate may have flanges 107 to which such box may be suitably secured. Access to said box 4 for the purpose of placing material therein may be had through a door 108 suitably carried by said box, and in order that the material may be properly guided within the box, I may provide end plates 105 therein having set screws 106 passing through a cover plate 107; the latter being slotted at 108 for said set screws to permit movement of the same when adjusting said end plates; such construction being illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. The bed plate may also carry brackets 109 for a bar 110 to which hubs 111 are secured; and such hubs may carry spring arms 112, extending toward the fabric, the ends of which may terminate in curved plates 113 to press the fabric against the.

portion 105 of the table 3, to impart tension thereto, and insure proper feeding of the same. An eccentric shaft 114 may be journaled in the brackets 109, and may carry at its end a lever 115. When it is desired to raise the spring arm 112 to adjust the material to be cut, the lever 115 may be thrown over, causing the eccentric shaft to move, thus raising the spring arm 112.

In order that the fabric may be continuously lifted from the box 4 and passed to the table 3 for movement across the same during the cutting operation, we may employ the following mechanism: To this end, we maymount eccentrics 116 on the'shaft 17, and through the medium of connecting rods 117 we may actuate levers 118 which may be supported by studs 119 suitably ournaled at 120 on the bed plate 2; the opposite ends of said levers 118 being connected at 121 to links 122 and 122 The links 122 and 122 may be connected to slides 123 and 124 mounted on guides 125, which may be supported between the bed plate 2 and the table 3. Said guides 125 may have attached to them a rod 126 supporting slidable hubs 127; the lateral positions of which are determined by the width of the fabric used; and the hubs may be held in place on said rod by means of thumb screws 128. Supported by and attached to the hubs 127 are guides 129. The slides 123 and 124 may carryhubs 130 supporting rods 131 and 132 which may carry fabric feeding clamps 133 and 134, which may be held in their lateral position by means of the guides 129 which may pass through bearing pieces 135 on said fabric feeding clamps to keep the clamps in alinement with each other, assuring that the movement of the clamps will be parallel with the fabric. The bearing. pieces 135 may be attached to portions 136 of the fabric clamps, and the latter may have forwardly extending lugs 137 to support pins 138 which may carry movable jaws 139; and such jaws may be serrated at 140, as shown, to more securely engage the fabric. In lieu of this serrated condition we may employ any suitable form of friction means, rubber or the like. The movable jaw 139 may have a rearwardly extending. portion 141 sufiiciently long for the operator to use as a lever for opening the clamp when necessary. To keep the jaws 139 closed, springs 140 may be provided and placed between said jaws andthe back pieces 136, thus insuring the closing of the jaw except when pressure is placed on the portion 141. The clamp guides may have extending lugs 142 designed to support heads 143 and 144 in which may be mounted jaw tripping levers 145, the enlarged end 146 of which may bear against the portions 141 of the jaws 139. The lever 145 may be provided with a rearwardly extending end 147 which may be held against the adjusting screw 148 by springs 149, seated in countersunk portions of the heads 143 and 144. When the eccentric 116 is moved to throw forward the lever 118, the slides 123 and 124 are moved up and down respectively on the guides 125, and through the rods 131 and 132 the fabric feeding clamps are actuated; the clamp 133 moving upward while the clamp 134 moves downward; the upwardly moving clamp being in engagement with the material while the downwardly moving clamp is disen gaged. This condition will be reversed when the clamps move toward each other. The portion 141 of the jaw 139 contacting with the lever 145 causes it to move on its shaft 145 until it reaches a point in its movement where it escapes the pressure of the portion 141; the spring bringing it back to its position against the stop screw, forcing the portion 146 against the extended portion 141 of the jaw, causing it to open. This happens when the clamp has reached its full height and is about to return to its original position. The lever 145 keeps the upper jaw 139 open during its downward is open, and vice versa. It will be understood that a similar arrangement for feeding the fabric away from the machine may, if desired, be placed at the rear of the machine and organized to Work simultaneously with that at the front.

The machine shown is organized to cut or trim one strip of embroidered edging, but it will be understood that a single set of cooperating trimming or cutting devices, or a gang of the same, driven in the same or in substantially the same manner as herein described, may be employed. i i

The cutting blade employed is continuous in length, and the object of this is to insure a suitable cutting edge which is uniformly of the same character throughout the length of said knife. Preferably both faces of the strip of material forming the knife are beveled to form this cutting edge. vVhen such knife is brought into engagement with the fabric, the cutting or trimming of the same from the embroidered edgeis assured without any damage to such edge.

e claim: t

1. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of means for supporting edged material to be trimmed in a substantially horizontal position, cutting means for engagement with such edge including a horizontally reciprocating knife engagingthe fabric in a substantially horizontal plane, and means combined with said supporting means for feeding such material across the same.

2. In an embroidery, cutting or trimming machine, the combination of means for supporting edged material'to be trimmed in a substantially horizontal position, cutting means for engagement with such edge including a horizontally reciprocating knife engaging the fabric in a substantially horizontal plane, means forreciprocating said knife, and automatically operated presser feet combined with said supporting means for engaging said material to feed the same; said supporting means being apertured for the reception of some of said presser feet.

8. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of means for supporting edged material to be trimmed in a substantially horizontal position, cutting means including a horizontally reciprocating knife, means for feeding said lmife, means for reciprocating said knife during such feeding movement, said knife engaging the fabric in a substantially horizontal plane and being mounted to move in a line diagonally with respect to the material operated upon, and automatically operated presser feetfor moving the fabric. 7

I. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of a Work table, cutting means including a horizontally re ciprocating knife mounted adjacent said work table, means for feeding said knife, means for reciprocating said knife during its feeding movement in a substantially horizontal plane diagonally with respect to the work to be operated upon, and presser feet for feeding said work simultaneously with the movement of the knife.

5. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of a suitable work table, means for supporting the fabric in a horizontal position over said work table, a cutting blade mounted for substantially horizontal engagement with said work, means for feeding said cutting blade, means for reciprocating said blade during the feeding movement, and means for feeding fabric simultaneously with the movement of the cutting blade.

6. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of a suitable work table, means for supporting the fabric in a horizontal position over said work table, a continuous knife blade mounted diagonally with respect to the work, a shear plate coacting therewith, means for reciprocating said knife blade, means for feeding the knife blade simultaneously with its reciprocation, presser feet for moving the fabric during the cutting operation, and means for carrying away the work after it has been cut.

7. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of a suitable frame, a Work table carried thereby, means for supporting the work in a horizontal position over said work table, a cutting blade, a guide for said blade, means coacting therewith to trim the embroidery, means for reciprocating said guide and blade, means for feeding said blade during its reciprocation, and presser feet for feeding the fabric during the cutting operation.

8. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of a work table over which the fabric to be trimmed is passed in a horizontal position, a guide, a continu ous blade disposed in said guide, means for reciprocating the guide across said table, means for feeding the knife through the guide simultaneously with the reciprocation thereof, and means for automatically feeding the material as the knife acts.

9. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of a work table over which the fabric to be trimmed is passed in a horizontal position, a guide, a continuous blade disposed in said guide, means for reciprocating the guide over said Work table, means for gradually feeding the knife through the guide simultaneously with the reciprocation thereof, such feed taking place independently of such reciprocation, and presser feet combined with said work table for actuating said fabric as the knife blade acts.

10. The combination of a driven shaft, an

eccentric carried thereby, a slideway, a guide arm having a portion reciprocable in said slide-way, a knife carried by said guide arm, a connection between said eccentric and guide arm, said eccentric having a curved surface permitting lateral as well as reciprocatory movement of said connection, and presser feet for moving the fabric simultaneously with the operation of the knife.

11. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of a work table, a horizontal shear plate carried thereby, a horizontally disposed plate arranged to reciprocate adjacent said shear plate in a horizontal plane, means for reciprocating said blade, means for feeding said blade simulta neously with the reciprocation thereof, and presser feet for moving the fabric, certain of said feet being arranged to work through said shear plate.

12. The combination of a horizontal work table, a horizontal shear plate carried thereby, a cutting blade arranged to reciprocate in a horizontal plane across said table adjacent and in substantial engagement with the shear plate, means for reciprocating said cutting blade, means for feeding said blade simultaneously with the reciprocation thereof, and presser feet operating through said shear plate and feeding the fabric simultaneously with the cutting action of the knife.

13. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of means for supporting edged material to be trimmed, cutting means for engagement with such edge including a horizontally reciprocable cutting blade, means for feeding material across the support, means for feeding the knife simultaneously with the reciprocation thereof and means for holding the cutting blade against vertical movement.

14. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination of means for supporting edged material to be trimmed, cutting means for engagement with such edge including a horizontally reciprocable cutting blade, means for reciprocating said knife, means for feeding said knife simultaneously with the reciprocation thereof, a guide for the same, means for feeding material across the support, and means for maintaining the cutting blade holding guide against vertical movement.

' 15. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination with cutting means adapted to engage the edge of the fabric, of means for feeding said fabric in a vertical direction comprising gripping or clamping elements for engagement with the edge of the fabric, means for operating said gripping elements, and means for alternately engaging and disengaging said elements with the work.

16. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination with cutting means adapted to engage the edge of the fabric, of means for feeding said fabric in a verti cal direction comprising vertically movable clamping or gripping members for engagement with the edges of said fabric, said gripping members being disposed in pairs and movable toward and from each other, means for operating said gripping members, and means for alternately engaging and disengaging said members and the work.

17. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination with means adapted to engage the edge of the fabric and sever material from the embroidered edge, of means for feeding the fabric comprising a plurality of pairs of clamping elements, supports for the same, slides for said supports, means for reciprocating said supports from and toward each other, and means for opening and closing the pairs of clamping elements alternately.

18. In an embroidery cutting or trinnning machine, the combination with means adapted to engage the edge of the fabric and sever material from the embroidered edge, of means for feeding the fabricfcomprising a pair of clamping elements, supports for the same, slides for said supports, means for reciprocating said supports vertically from andtowardeach other, means for opening and closing the clamping elements alternately, and means for adjusting said elements laterally.

19. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination with cutting and feeding mechanism, of a receptacle for a continuous strip of material to be acted upon, and guiding means for continuous action upon the edges of said material disposed within said receptacle.

20. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination with cutting and feeding mechanism, of a receptacle for a continuous strip of material to be acted upon, adjustable guiding means for continuous action upon the edges of said material disposed within said receptacle, and a cover for said box carrying said guiding means.

21. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination with a reciprocating knife blade, of an anvil plate whose surface coacts with the cutting edge thereof, means for adjusting the edge of said anvil with respect to the cutting knife, and means for locking such adjusting means.

22. In an embroidery cutting or trimming machine, the combination with a reciprocating knife blade, of an anvil plate, a separate or independent edge carried by said plate whose surface coacts with the cutting edge thereof, tension means for said edge, means for adjusting the edge of said anvil with respect to the cutting knife,and means for locking such adjusting means.

In testimony whereof, We have signed our 10 names to this spe'clficatlon, 1n the presence of two suhscrlblng wltnesses.

GUSTAVE LOUIS BOURQUIN. RUDOLF LOEB.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. REANEY, GEORGE B. BEEGHEY.

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